Chapter 12: Hot and Spicy
"Are you hungry?" Rhys asked after their tour at the zoo. Beatrix had so much fun. They had taken pictures, visited the different animals and now she was hungry. She had eaten little due to her nerves.
Beatrix nodded, "Yeah."
Rhys placed his hands in his Jean pockets, rocking back and forth with a mischievous smile on his face.
"What do you want to eat?"
Beatrix arched her brows as she thought of a food that she had wanted to eat so bad but couldn’t.
"Hmm something spicy!" She said a pang of excitement burning within her.
Rhys leaned in closer, so close that she couldn’t help but witness his hazel eyes darkened.
"Oh so my little mouse likes it hot and spicy eh?" He whispered, his voice low and smooth.
Beatrix’s stomach twisted and she felt like the air in her body was being sucked out of her at how intensely he was watching her, there was something about his question that seemed ambiguous, and she was not entirely sure how to answer it.
"Erm...yes. Eating spicy food can cause your body –pituitary gland and hypothalamus specifically, to release endorphins. Endorphins can be known as a trigger happy chemical, which gives you an instant feeling of pleasurrom head to toe. "
Beatrix blabbered before thinking, as usual the first thought that popped in her head. It seems something she did as a nerd.